Business English vocabulary · Deadlines and Scheduling
Time zone
Meaning in business english, with examples
/ˈtaɪm zoʊn/nounCore term
In business english, time zone means: One of the areas of the world that use the same standard time; colleagues in different time zones start and finish work at different hours.
In Turkish: saat dilimi, saat farkı
How it is used
Important when scheduling calls with colleagues abroad. People ask 'What time zone are you in?', talk about working 'across time zones' and write times as '3 p.m. CET' or '15:00 Istanbul time'. Calendar tools convert times automatically.
Example sentences
Our team works across three time zones, so we keep mornings for joint calls.
Is that 4 p.m. in your time zone or mine?
Common collocations
time zone difference
across time zones
in your time zone
a different time zone
Related terms
EODShort for end of day: the end of the working day, used as an informal deadline in emails and chat messages.
calendar inviteAn electronic invitation to a meeting or call that is sent through a calendar tool and adds the event to the guests' calendars when they accept it.
availabilityThe times when someone is free to meet, talk or work on something.
conference callA phone or online call in which three or more people in different places talk together at the same time.
